Sentences with phrase «clear public consensus»

It remains to be seen how long it will take greenhouse warming to achieve a clear public consensus; one hopes it will not take another century.»

Hartshorne refers to attempts to legally abolish abortion, an issue which lacks clear public consensus, as «tyranny» (CS21 45).

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Whispered questions among business leaders over the weekend produced no clear consensus on what to say about the President Trump's immigration order in public.

The public will have to make the decisions, as it often does, quite apart from any clear consensus among the people who know the technological aspects of the issue best.

There is now a clear consensus that this type of education provides a far better source of Jewish identity for Jewish children in America than education that can only supplement the education offered in the public (that is, state) schools.

As these nutrition standards come before Congress to be reauthorized in September, the message from the public is loud and clear: 86 percent of Americans support the standards in their current form, a rare consensus in a nation often divided.

Among the significant concerns underlined by the Venice Commission are: i) lack of broader consensus and no public consultations, ii) unclear criteria and discretionary methods for establishing constituencies, iii) no clear criteria for the representation of Transnistria and of Moldovan citizens living abroad, and, iv) constituency members of parliament would be vulnerable to being influenced by business interests.

All of the reports on genome editing call for robust public debate, but the simple fact is that embryo research has proven highly divisive and resistant to consensus, and it is far from clear how to know when there is enough thoughtful deliberation to make policy choices.

I am pleased that there is a clear consensus emerging in this area — a consensus that moves away from the divisiveness of vouchers and toward support for partnership and investment in our public schools and helping families pay for college.

They then said that there was a clear consensus that the American public thinks that the climate change threat is real.

You write that «One reason for this likely lack of success is that politicians, and the public that impel them, expect a clear «call to arms» from scientists engaged in an issue for which there is a high degree of technical consensus.»

What's wrong with both of these scientists for not being more clear and offering a consensus to the public especially given the raucous environment?